almsgiving
noun
the act of donating money, food, or other items to people in need of them, especially as a spiritual practice.
almsgivings
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pluralof almsgiving.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Not to his own good works, almsgivings, church-goings, church-buildings.
From The Good News of God by Charles Kingsley
It prescribes prayers, almsgivings, fasting, pilgrimages, and ablutions, besides various rules to be observed in all the domestic and social relations.
From Life of Schamyl And Narrative of the Circassian War of Independence Against Russia by John Milton Mackie
Many songs deal directly with almsgivings, the ritual of pity.
From Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) by Countess Evelyn Martinengo-Cesaresco
